remember four years ago when he was talking to people in san francisco, he said people in the midwest like to cling to their guns and their religion. this catholic deer hunter is guilty as charged and proud of it. another issue that came up -- taxes. last night, president obama made it clear he is going to raise taxes. today, vice president joe biden made it even more clear. in iowa, he said he asked himself a question -- if he and president obama want a trillion dollar tax hike. his response to himself was yes, we do. that is a direct quote. virginia, no, we do not mitt romney will talk about this in a minute. what we do not need is a trillion-dollar tax increase -- actually, it is a bit more than that, but what we do not need is a tax increase that will cost us 700,000 jobs. two years ago, the president said you do not want to raise taxes in a bad economy. the economy was better than that it is now. ladies and gentleman, this is a big choice. it is not only about taxes. it is about freedom. it is about our principles. it is about our country. it is about the idea of our country. ame